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(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 1.`

F. A. JEWETT.

ROTARY DISPLAY RAGK.

Patented Apr. 17, 1894.

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F. A. J BWB'I'T.

v ROTARY DISPLAY RACK. 110.518,526.` Patented Apr. 17,1894.

UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS A. JEWETT, OF SAUGERTIE'NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARTIN CANTINE, OF SAME PLACE.

ROTARY DllsPLAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,526, dated April 17, 1894.

Application led December 29, 1893. Serial No. 495.141. (No model.)

To all whom iam/ay concern..-

Be itknown that 1, FRANCIS A. J EWETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Saugerties, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Displayacks, of which the following is a specifica- Ion.

My invention relates to a rotary display rack adapted to be used in stores and store windows for exhibiting articles placed thereon and my improvement consists in features of novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In order-that my invention may be fully understood I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whicl1- Figure I is an isometric perspective view of my improved rotary display rack. Fig. II is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. III is a detail section of the main bearing. Fig. IV is a detail perspectiveview of a hanger. Fig. V is a detail cross-section showing the connection between the hanger and the wheel. Fig. VI is a modied form of wheel. Fig. VII isamodified form of hanger.

l is the oor of a store window or the top of a store counter which provides a support for my improved rotary display rack.

2 is a pair of standards, preferably of skeleton form as shown so as to add the appearance of lightness thereto, and atthe same time permitting the articles located upon the hangers to be seen therethrough. These standards are formed at the top with journal bearings 2a for a horizontal main shaft 3 hav.

' ing reduced ends 3a mounted in the bearings.

On one end ofthe shaft is fixed a band pulley 4 connected with another band pulley 5 on a driving shaft 6 by means of a band or belt 7' forimparting rotary motion to the rack.

Surrounding the main shaft and secured rigidly thereto between the standards is a vertical wheel having a sleeve A8 provided with annular iianges or collars 9 formed with,

radial sockets :10 extending through their peripheries for the reception of the inner ends of radial rods or spokes 11 by which the hangers are supported. The radial rods or spokes are "braced by means of circumferential connecting rods 12 forming an inner heX- agonal frame located between the inner and the outer ends of the radial rods or spokes. The connecting rods are provided with brach:-` ets 13 locatedmidway between the radial rods or spokes for the support of cross rods 14. To the ends of the radial rods or spokes are secured by means of suitable nuts the transverse headed studs l5 on which are mounted grooved anti-friction rollers 16 for the support of an outer series of hangers. The crossrods let are formed with reduced ends 17 on which are mounted grooved anti-friction rollers 18 for the support of an inner series of hangers.

In Fig. VI I have shown a modified form of wheel in which I substitute a casting for each set of radial rods or spokes and secure the castings rigidly to the sleeve. i

My hangers are each constructed with a pair of frames 19 each frame having a hook at its upper end for engaging a roller, and at their lower ends the frames are connected by means of strips 2O formed with lips 2l secured by screws 22 to the frames, and with horizontal flanges 23 forming seats for shelves 24. preferably of glass or some other transparent or bright material.

In Fig. VII I have shown a modified form of hanger having a cross bar 25, and vertical arms 26 formed with hooks 27 for engaging the frame rollers. One of the hangers could be suspended .from the sleeve on the main shaft if desired as shown in section in Fig. II.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A rotary display rack comprisingahori` zontal shaft, and a vertical wheel-frame having an inner and outer series of hangers, substantially as described.

2. A rotary display rack comprising a pair of standards, a main shaft, a vertical wheelframe having a sleeve fixed on the main shaft, and provided with radial spokes having grooved anti-friction rollers, and the removable hangers having hooks by which they are supported on the rollers, substantially as described.

3. A rotary display rack comprising a pair of standards, a main shaft, a sleeve having IOO collars, radial `rods or spokes extending from the collars, circumferential connecting rods' located midwayof between the radial rods or collars, having brackets, anti friction grooved rollers mounted on the brackets, and the removable hangers havinghooks by which theyf "fare supported on fthe rollers, substantially as described.

4t. A rotary display rack comprising a pair of standards, a main shaft, a vertical Wheelframe having a sleeve mounted onthe main shaft, and provided with an inner and outer able hangerasubstantially as described... l 5. A hangery construct viding shelf supportsrand flips,nand fasten-y frames, Vsubstantiallyas 'described'. FRANCIS A. JEWETT.

W'itnesses:

SAMUEL W. MEROLEAN, n

WILLIAM H. HOWARD, Jr.,

"ings by'ivhicii the `lips are secured yco-the` side 

